The Würth Prize of Jeunesses Musicales Germany () has been awarded since 1991 to artists, ensembles or projects who implement 's (JMD) values and objectives in an exemplary manner. Together with the

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Foundation, the JMD has been honoring individual personalities, ensembles and projects every year. The prize is presented in

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and endowed with 25,000 euros (). The jury is made up of representatives from the Würth Foundation and Jeunesses Musicales Germany and is advised by the Deutscher Musikrat (German Music Council). The JMD is the German section of the Jeunesses Musicales International (JMI). It was founded during the Second World War to encourage encounters between young musicians.

Recipients

Source: * 1991 –

Dennis Russell Davies Dennis Russell Davies (born April 16, 1944, in Toledo, Ohio) is an American conductor and pianist. He is chief conductor of the Brno Philharmonic and of the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra. Biography Davies studied piano and conducting at ...

* 1992 – Arcis Quintet * 1993 –

Philip Glass Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer and pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. Glass's work has been associated with minimal music, minimalism, being built up fr ...

* 1994 – Nicaragua project of

Dietmar Schönherr Dietmar Otto Schönherr (; 17 May 1926 – 18 July 2014) was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in 120 films between 1944 and 2014. He was famous for playing the role of Major Cliff Allister McLane in the German science fiction series '' Rau ...

"Casa de los tres Mundos" * 1995 –

Tölzer Knabenchor The Tölzer Knabenchor (Tölz Boys' Choir) is a world-famous Boys' choir, boys' choir named after the Upper Bavarian district town of Bad Tölz and based in Unterföhring near Bavarias capital Munich. Also associated with the choir is the Men's ch ...

, Poznań Nightingales, Kühn Children's Choir Prague * 1996 – Yakov Kreizberg * 1997 – Junge Deutsche Philharmonie * 1998 – * 1999 – Tabea Zimmermann * 2000 – National Children's Orchestra of Venezuela * 2001 –

Claudio Abbado Claudio Abbado (; 26 June 1933 – 20 January 2014) was an Italian conductor who was one of the leading conductors of his generation. He served as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the Berlin Philharm ...

* 2002 – Ensemble Resonanz * 2003 – * 2004 – Education Programm of the

Berlin Philharmonic The Berlin Philharmonic () is a German orchestra based in Berlin. It is one of the most popular, acclaimed and well-respected orchestras in the world. Throughout the 20th century, the orchestra was led by conductors Wilhelm Furtwängler (1922� ...

* 2005 – Philharmonie der Nationen * 2006 – * 2007 – Artemis Quartet * 2008 –

Gustavo Dudamel Gustavo Adolfo Dudamel Ramírez (born 26 January 1981) is a Venezuelan conductor. He is currently the music director of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He is scheduled to become the Music and Artistic ...

* 2009 – Arab-Jewish Youth Orchestra Israel * 2010 – Martin Grubinger * 2011 – Bundesjugendorchester * 2012 – Sol Gabetta * 2013 – Bruno Weil * 2014 –

Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen (''unofficial English translation'': Bremen German Chamber Philharmonic) is a chamber orchestra based in Bremen (Germany), with place of residence in the historical building Stadtwaage. History A group of ...

* 2015 – vision string quartet * 2016 –

Lars Vogt Lars Vogt (8 September 1970 – 5 September 2022) was a German classical pianist, conductor and academic teacher. Noted by ''The New York Times'' for his interpretations of Johannes Brahms, Brahms, Vogt performed as a soloist with major orchestr ...

* 2017 –

Christian Tetzlaff Christian Tetzlaff (born 29 April 1966) is a German violinist who has performed internationally, with a focus on chamber music. Biography Tetzlaff was born in Hamburg. His parents were amateur musicians and met in a church choir. He began playi ...

* 2018 – STEGREIF.orchester * 2019 – Patricia Kopatchinskaja * 2020 – * 2021 – Jörg Widmann * 2022 – Notos Quartet * 2023 – Deutsche Streicherphilharmonie * 2024 – Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla

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* {{Authority control German music awards Classical music awards Awards established in 1991